Nebria rufescens
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Nebria |
| Species: | N. rufescens
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| Nebria rufescens (Stroem, 1768)
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Nebria rufescens is a species of ground beetle in the Nebriinae subfamily that can be found everywhere in Europe, except for Benelux, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, and various European islands.[1] The range extends from western and northern Europe to Siberia and North America. The habitat consists of montane or submontane areas where it can be found along the banks of rocky streams.
Adults are somewhat large (9-12 mm) and black.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Nebria rufescens rufescens - upland heart-shield (Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Faroe Islands, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, (former) Yugoslavia, North Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, China, North Korea, Russia)
- Nebria rufescens castanipes (Kirby, 1837) (USA, Canada, Alaska, Greenland) - chestnut-legged gazelle beetle
- Nebria rufescens lassenensis Kavanaugh, 1979 (California, Oregon) - lassen gazelle beetle
- Nebria rufescens lindrothi Kavanaugh, 1979 (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming) - Lindroth's gazelle beetle
- Nebria rufescens munsteri Larsson & Gigja, 1959 (Iceland)
- Nebria rufescens rishiriensis Habu, 1972 (Japan)
References
[edit]- ^ "Nebria (Boreonebria) rufescens (Stroem, 1768)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ^ Ground Beetles of Ireland
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